Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon); an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826; and Letters Written in India, Volume 2Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828 |
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... Persian carpets . There are very strong wooden doors in different parts of the building whose hinges and locks are as rude as those of a prison , but the suites of apartments themselves are only divided by large striped curtains hung ...
... Persian carpets . There are very strong wooden doors in different parts of the building whose hinges and locks are as rude as those of a prison , but the suites of apartments themselves are only divided by large striped curtains hung ...
Page 91
... Persian pipe , smoked some whiffs , then began talking again . A long whispering conversation ensued between him and his minister , and while I was wondering in what all this would end , he begged my accept- ance of a horse , which he ...
... Persian pipe , smoked some whiffs , then began talking again . A long whispering conversation ensued between him and his minister , and while I was wondering in what all this would end , he begged my accept- ance of a horse , which he ...
Page 93
... Persian ambassador , or other such outlandish person , in the streets of London . During all the time of Hoolee drunkenness is common among the Hindoos , and our bearers had been for some days giving proof of it . To - night , however ...
... Persian ambassador , or other such outlandish person , in the streets of London . During all the time of Hoolee drunkenness is common among the Hindoos , and our bearers had been for some days giving proof of it . To - night , however ...
Page 96
... Persia . The similarity was so striking that Abdullah of his own accord pointed out one of these head - dresses as like that on the monument of Jumsheed Jum , and the prints which I have seen prove his recollection to be accurate . The ...
... Persia . The similarity was so striking that Abdullah of his own accord pointed out one of these head - dresses as like that on the monument of Jumsheed Jum , and the prints which I have seen prove his recollection to be accurate . The ...
Page 123
... Persian dresses , under a young officer splendidly mounted on a dapple - grey Arab horse , with the most showy accoutrements which I had seen in India , and a shield of rhinoceros - hide as transparent as horn , and ornamented with four ...
... Persian dresses , under a young officer splendidly mounted on a dapple - grey Arab horse , with the most showy accoutrements which I had seen in India , and a shield of rhinoceros - hide as transparent as horn , and ornamented with four ...
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